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Códice Maya de México : understanding the oldest surviving book of the Americas
Published: Getty Research Institute : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2022Contents: “…Miller -- Códice Maya de México : Bookmaking, Scribal Arts, and Astronomy, circa 1100 / Andrew D. Turner -- The Archaeological Research of Códice Maya de México : The Oldest Surviving Book Produced in the Americas and Patrimony of Mexico / Gerardo Gutiérrez and Baltazar Brito Guadarrama -- A History Recovered / Jesús Guillermo Kantún Rivera -- Reading Códice Maya de México / Andrew D. …”Description: ix, 86 pages, 1 foldout page : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm.
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Moctezuma's Mexico : visions of the Aztec world
Published: University Press of Colorado, 1992Contents: “…Moctezuma's sky : Aztec astronomy and ritual /…”Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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The Mayans
Published: Infobase, 2006Contents: “…Mayans: Pre-Hispanic Nomads (2:39) -- Religious Monuments of Copan (4:46) -- Mayan Architecture at Uxmal (5:37) -- Daily Mayan Life (3:37) -- Weddings, Jewelry, and Holy Men (4:35) -- Astronomy and Mathematics (2:36) -- Origins of the Universe (2:11) -- Decline of the Old Mayan Empire (1:03) -- Mayan Renaissance and Chichn Itz (6:46) -- Spanish Conquest (2:17) -- Rediscovery of the Mayan Civilization (3:44) -- Mayans Today (2:43)…”Description: 1 streaming video file (47 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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Astrobiology and Cuatro Ciénegas Basin as an analog of early Earth
Published: Springer, 2020SpringerLink - Click here for accessDescription: 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Unraveling the Voynich Codex
Published: Springer, 2018Contents: “…Cosmological (Folios 67r-69v, 86v)Astrological (Folios 70r-73v); Recipe (Folios 103r-116r); Other Folios; Pigments, Pigment Binder, and Composition Analyses; Inks; Green Pigment; Blue Pigment; Red-Brown Pigment; Pigment Binders; Composition; Dating of the Vellum; Conclusion; Literature Cited; Chapter 3: An Historical Context for the Voynich Codex: Aztec Mexico and Catholic Spain; Spanish Encounter the New World; History of the Aztecs; Pre-conquest Mexican Society; Politics and Economy; Aztec Culture; Linguistics; Religion; Astronomy; Botanical Gardens; Bathing; Medical Knowledge; Art.…”Description: 1 online resource.
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